Prologue

Louisette Synth Mercado had everything a high school student could ever dream of the perfect family, the admiration of her peers, beauty, brilliance, and a future carved in gold. Alongside her beloved older sister Arrianne, the student council president and everyone's favorite, life felt like a glowing path to success.

But that perfect world collapsed the moment Arrianne was taken from her and the blame pointed to one person: Flint Keifer Grand.

An aloof and quiet classmate, Flint was nothing more than a background figure in Synth's life until fate paired them for a school project. She never expected that behind his emotionless eyes was a dangerous secret: a part-time assassin hiding behind the mask of a quiet student and store clerk. When clues begin to link him to her sister's sudden disappearance, Louisette is thrust into a spiral of doubt, anger, and obsession.

Torn between grief and a growing curiosity, Louisette must choose: seek the truth that might destroy her or fall deeper into the shadows where trust and betrayal blur.

In a school built on prestige and appearances, how much do you really know about the people sitting next to you?

Through the Dark Side is a gripping psychological school drama filled with heartbreak, mystery, slow-burning attraction, and the quiet terror of realizing that sometimes... the darkness doesn't chase you it becomes you.